Lobster Hotels: An adult female lobster can lay twenty thousand eggs, yet, in the wild, only one of those is likely to develop to maturity and even that may end up on a plate. Quentin hears how science is giving lobsters a helping hand – or perhaps a helping claw – in protected hatcheries and providing lobster hotels in artificial reefs. Also the world of Hair Biomarkers. What can someone’s hair tell us about them? A single fibre of hair can give a valuable chronological record of a person’s activities and lifestyle – whether it is used by a biochemist testing for drug abuse, or by an archaeologist looking at specimens hundreds of years old. These ‘biochemical signatures’ can be utilised in such diverse areas as archaeology, forensics, law enforcement and sports science. Less